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    loading heifers (not)

    bullhauler- I have my reasons. I have been hosed by one barn and i wont do business there again. The other one is great and do most of my business there. I make management decisions that may not make sense to others, but they do to me. Just like everybody elses operation.
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    loading heifers (not)

    So I had consigned some bred heifers to take to auction about 150 miles away. I had trucking lined up and everything for 12 yesterday and as i was opening the gate to get the herd into sort i figured i would call to make sure hes on schedule. Ya ill be there he says. The trucker never shows...
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    how many bales in a day

    silver i totally agree...takes WAY longer to feed
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    how many bales in a day

    i changed net wrap 3 times and never took a leak i dont know how...i timed it of actualy baling down the windrow and not including turning around i was doing 1 bale in 1min 10 seconds all day long...with our 8480 before this baler...it would have taken me a week to get that much hay baled
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    how many cows per bull

    how many cows per bull can i run....smaller pastures and 3 year old bulls...i had one not pass the test and im at about 50 cows per bull....do i need to find another bull....this isnt tough country...ive got 3 real good athletic bulls on 150 cows rite now
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    how many bales in a day

    its all for sale :)
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    how many bales in a day

    my bad...i just have never seen anything like that...its fun when things click like u hope
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    how many bales in a day

    i posted this on the new ag talk forums just seeing what everbodys biggest day for balingwas ...im still in shock that things worked so good and got everything baled up...i did 670 bales in 24 hours of alfalfa on 140 acres...about 14 hours of baling time....i shattered my record of 350 in one...
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    Calving in a blizzard

    ive lost 2 newborns and a calf that was a couple days old...i am actually feeling ok, it coulda been worse...have had 4 calves since yesterday afternoon in midst of blizzard and those 4 seem to be ok...i WILL win mother nature
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    Calving in a blizzard

    and i think this mineral is doing some magic...i havent pulled a calf yet and im sure its helping these calves right about now...how is everything in northeren nebraska wyoming and montana?...im feeling for you guys west river too and everybody in north dakota...i was only 8 years old during the...
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    Calving in a blizzard

    this flat out stinks...i havent seen snow like this for a good ten years or so...cows and calves were bunched up at end of pasture and no wind break for them....due to flooding they didnt wanna cross some water to get up to the wind break and calf shelters...i took some bales out there to...
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    price of calves and ranching expenses

    silver thats exactly what it seems like to me
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    price of calves and ranching expenses

    artesian....well theres a crick that runs along now that its started to thaw
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    price of calves and ranching expenses

    test are very good....i sell a lot of my hay and a lot of this is 20 plus protein and 150 feed value....i feel that i make pretty good hay...vet was out when we took that calf from a cow last week and said they were looking thin...right when the weather warmed up they quit eating as good and...
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    price of calves and ranching expenses

    Why is it that my cows decided to quit eating when it warmed up. Im feeding them the exact way i have all winter only with better feed and my cows are going down left and right. They are getting grass and alfalfa, mostly alfalfa. Ive starting trying to feed my best hay and they still would...
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    bad story turned good

    doolittle i was pretty worried he wasnt gonna make it beings he was in there for 2 minutes or so...we did pretty much everything besides blow in his mouth...we rubbed him and pushed on his belly...swung him upside down....stuck a piece of hay in his nostril...i worked on him while the vet ran to...
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    price of calves and ranching expenses

    im getting sick of it...i go through this every spring...have couple cows go down for no apparent reason...had 130 bred cows....1 went down recently which i got twins out of her she was an old cow....annother old cow went down recently, and 2 young good cows have died in the past 2 months from...
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    price of calves and ranching expenses

    I know these prices have rebounded and look pretty decent historically but how low can the price go for a 550 steer calf before you say enough is enough? I want everyones opinions. What it cost to pasture, winter, vet, misc, death loss, and everything per head. I averaged about $575 on my...
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    bad story turned good

    nope, but it did cross my mind :) ....He was taking a big breath about every 30 seconds. So i kinda thought he was going to come around. It was pretty amazing
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    bad story turned good

    From my other post, you know i had an older cow go down. We ended up taking the calf. I really wasnt expecting it to be far enough along and survive. Well we got the calf out and got him breathing and doing good. It was a good 2 minutes and the vet decided to check for another calf. Sure...
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